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Load Linux on the Mac mini

Posted by timothy on from the two-great-tastes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Mac mini is an ideal low-cost, high-performance PowerPC development platform for numerous applications. Learn how to install and configure Linux on the mini. Future articles will add the software required to make it into a stand-alone multimedia appliance."

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  1. This boggles the mind... by Dragoon412 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is Slashdot; I know better than to ask why someone's installing KitchingApplianceLinux 0.3 on his toaster, or trying to get his car to boot off a Knoppix disc, but this, to me, seems asinine.

    Paying the absurd premium for Apple hardware just to rip the already-beautiful OS off of it and install *nix?

    It's like buying a souped-up $50,000 Cadillac and replacing the engine with something out of a Honda. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Hondas, but if that's the performance you want, why on earth would you spend the money on the Cadillac?